简述狭义相对论时空观

从光速不变原理出发,讨论相对行驶的两列长度相等的列车上的两个基本的时空测量实验,通过启发武的方法,用通俗的语言定性介绍狭义相对论时空观．     

大学物理教学中如何讲狭义相对论时空观

对狭义相对论时空观教学提出可行的教学方案,使学生既能够自然、轻松地理解狭义相对论时空观的主要内容,又能够体验爱因斯坦从平凡事件中发现非凡成果的物理思维过程.     

由经典力学引入狭义相对论

为避免学生对狭义相对论产生畏难情绪,在引入狭义相对论时,不作洛伦兹变换公式的推导,通过例子计算给出相对论时空观的结论．     

大学物理狭义相对论时空观的教学讨论

在狭义相对论时空观的教学中,关键是要抓住光速不变原理这条主线,使学生既能从严密的数学逻辑理解又能从物理本质理解．本文根据作者多年的教学实践,就此对狭义相对论时空观教学进行了讨论．     

狭义相对论教学中的几个问题

本文讨论了相对论教学中几个方面的问题,包括常见例子的问题,洛伦兹变换的方便形式,同时相对性例子在另一参考系的讨论,长度测量在另一参考系看到的现象,时间延缓及运动参考系各点时间不同和光的多普勒效应的简单推导.通过不同过程在不同参考系中的讨论,掌握在运动系讨论问题的方法,以及同一过程在不同惯性系内的不同表现,而所有现象的测量结论在洛伦兹变换下保持不变.     

关于狭义相对论中"洛仑兹变换导出"的讲法的沿革

洛仑兹变换是狭义相对论中的一个关键问题，本文旨在对各种讲法作比较，从而求得对此问题有较全面深入的认识。     

相对论时空观中“长度缩短”效应推导过程的辨析

狭义相对论是以相对论时空观为基础的理论．它打破了经典物理中的绝对时空观，指出时间和空间不再各自独立，而是彼此互相影响的．由此引发了许多和经典物理中的绝对时空观所不同的各种效应，例如：同时的相对性、长度缩短、时间膨胀等．这必将使习惯了用经典时空观思考和解决问题的我们在理解这些新效应的时候出现问题．     

狭义相对论中事件概念的教学

论述了事件概念的含义及准确理解事件在洛伦兹变换和相对论时空理论（运动时钟延缓、运动尺寸缩短等）教学中的作用．     

Snyder''s quantized space-time and de Sitter special relativity

There is a one-to-one correspondence between Snyder’s model in de Sitter space of momenta and the dS-invariant special relativity as well as a minimum uncertainty-like relation. This indicates that physics at the Planck length ℓ _P and the scale R = (3/Λ)^1/2 should be dual to each other and there is in-between gravity of local dS-invariance characterized by a dimensionless coupling constant g = ℓ _P /R ∼ 10⁻⁶¹.      

Evidence for special relativity with de Sitter space-time symmetry

I show the formulation of de Sitter Special Relativity (dS-SR) based on Dirac-Lu-Zou-Guo's discussions, dS-SR quantum mechanics is formulated, and the dS-SR Dirac equation for hydrogen is suggested. The equation in the earth-QSO framework reference is solved by means of the adiabatic approach. It's found that the fine-structure "constant" α in dS-SR varies with time. By means of the t-z relation of the ACDM model, α's time-dependency becomes redshift z-dependent. The dS-SR's predictions of △α/α agree with data of spectra of 143 quasar absorption systems, the dS-space-time symmetry is SO(3,2) (i.e., anti-dS group) and the universal parameter R (de Sitter ratio) in dS-SR is estimated to be R ≈ 2.73 x 10<'12> ly. The effects of dS-SR become visible at the cosmic space-time scale (i.e., the distance≥ 10<'9> ly). At that scale, dS-SR is more reliable than Einstein SR. The α-variation with time is evidence of SR with de Sitter symmetry.     

Snyder’s quantized space-time and de Sitter special relativity

There is a one-to-one correspondence between Snyder’s model in de Sitter space of momenta and the dS-invariant special relativity as well as a minimum uncertainty-like relation. This indicates that physics at the Planck length ? _P and the scale R = (3/Λ)^1/2 should be dual to each other and there is in-between gravity of local dS-invariance characterized by a dimensionless coupling constant g = ? _P /R ～ 10^?61.     

Evidence for special relativity with de Sitter space-time symmetry

I show the formulation of de Sitter Special Relativity (dS-SR) based on Dirac-Lu-Zou-Guo's discussions. dS-SR quantum mechanics is formulated, and the dS-SR Dirac equation for hydrogen is suggested. The equation in the earth-QSO framework reference is solved by means of the adiabatic approach. It's found that the fine-structure "constant" α in dS-SR varies with time. By means of the t-z relation of the ΛCDM model, α's time-dependency becomes redshift z-dependent. The dS-SR's predictions of Δα/α agree with data of spectra of 143 quasar absorption systems, the dS-space-time symmetry is SO(3,2) (i.e., anti-dS group) and the universal parameter R (de Sitter ratio) in dS-SR is estimated to be R≈2.73×10¹² ly. The effects of dS-SR become visible at the cosmic space-time scale (i.e., the distance ≥ 10⁹ ly). At that scale, dS-SR is more reliable than Einstein SR. The α-variation with time is evidence of SR with de Sitter symmetry.     

Vorticity- and shear-free space-time in general relativity

The paper studies the vorticity- and shear-free nonstatic space-times with perfect fluid source in genera] relativity and finds that such space-times are either spherically symmetric or pseudospherical or plane symmetric.     

Quantum relativity theory and quantum space-time

A quantum relativity theory formulated in terms of Davis' quantum relativity principle is outlined. The first task in this theory as in classical relativity theory is to model space-time, the arena of natural processes. It is shown that the quantum space-time models of Banai introduced in another paper is formulated in terms of Davis' quantum relativity. The recently proposed classical relativistic quantum theory of Prugoveki and his corresponding classical relativistic quantum model of space-time open the way to introduce, in a consistent way, the quantum space-time model (the quantum substitute of Minkowski space) of Banai proposed in the paper mentioned. The goal of quantum mechanics of quantum relativistic particles living in this model of space-time is to predict the rest mass system properties of classically relativistic (massive) quantum particles (elementary particles). The main new aspect of this quantum mechanics is that provides a true mass eigenvalue problem, and that the excited mass states of quantum relativistic particles can be interpreted as elementary particles. The question of field theory over quantum relativistic model of space-time is also discussed. Finally it is suggested that quarks should be considered as quantum relativistic particles.Supported by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.     

K-causal structure of space-time in general relativity

Using K-causal relation introduced by Sorkin and Woolgar [1], we generalize results of Garcia-Parrado and Senovilla [2,3] on causal maps. We also introduce causality conditions with respect to K-causality which are analogous to those in classical causality theory and prove their inter-relationships. We introduce a new causality condition following the work of Bombelli and Noldus [4] and show that this condition lies in between global hyperbolicity and causal simplicity. This approach is simpler and more general as compared to traditional causal approach [5,6] and it has been used by Penrose et al [7] in giving a new proof of positivity of mass theorem. C ⁰-space-time structures arise in many mathematical and physical situations like conical singularities, discontinuous matter distributions, phenomena of topology-change in quantum field theory etc.      

Conventionalism in special relativity

Reichenbach, Grünbaum, and others have argued that special relativity is based on arbitrary conventions concerning clock synchronizations. Here we present a mathematical framework which shows that this conventionality is almost equivalent to the arbitrariness in the choice of coordinates in an inertial system. Since preferred systems of coordinates can uniquely be defined by means of the Lorentz invariance of physical laws irrespective of the properties of light signals, a special clock synchronization—Einstein's standard synchrony—is selected by this principle. No further restrictions conerning light signal synchronization, as proposed, e.g., by Ellis and Bowman, are required in order to refute conventionalism in special relativity.     

Transformations in special relativity

By using the principle of relativity alone (no assumptions about signals or light) it is shown that a relativisitic group of linear transformations of a spacetime plane is, if infinite, either Galilean, Lorentzian or rotational. The largest such finite group is a Klein 4-group, generated by space-reversal and time-reversal. In the infinite case an invariant of the group, denotedc, appears. Whenc is real, nonzero, noninfinite, then the group is a Lorentz group andc is identified with the speed of light. Lorentz transformations are represented through an algebra ofiterants that provides a link among Clifford algebras, the Pauli algebra and Herman Bondi'sK-calculus.